The FIA has received a request to grant Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli a super licence so he can make his F1 debut before he turns 18.

F🤪1’s governing body has been asked to allow the 17-year-old Italian, who currently races in Formula 2, to make♚ his grand prix debut before he turns 18.

An🐈tonelli already has the 40 super licence points required to race i🐻n F1 but he does not turn 18 until August 25.

The FIA🌺’s International Sporting Code states a driver “must be a⛎t least 18 years old at the start of the event of his first F1 competition”.

Under thos🦂e rules, Antonelli would not b💟e allowed to race in F1 until the Italian Grand Prix in September at the earliest.

However, it has now been widely reported that a request has been made for the FIA to give “special dispensation” for Antonelli t𓆉o make his F1 debut early.

This is not believed to have come from Mercedes, despite Antonelli being🌺 their junior driver and recently completing⭕ his first F1 test for the German manufacturer.

There had already been rumours that Antonelli could drive for Willia�🐲�ms - one of Mercedes’ customer teams - before the end of the current season.

Given that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon already holds a contract for next season with Williams, Antonelli would most likely replace168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Logan Sargeant, whose own deal expires at the end of 2024.

Speaking at the Miami Grand Prix, F1 presenter Will Buxton said: "[Kimi Antonelli] could be making hisꦑ F1 debut in Imola in a couple of weeks' time in place of Logan Sargeant.

"Sources appear to be quite reliable on this.

"They will♕ need special dispens𒀰ation from the FIA to run him as he is underage at 17 years of age.

"But the team have, to my understanding, aꦯlready applied for that dispensation from the FIA.”